Is Barack Obama Our First American King?

President Obama will be spending Valentine's Day with the one he loves the most. Michelle and the kids will be vacationing separately.

Sound familiar? The president and first lady spent Presidents Day weekend in separate vacations last year as well. That, you might remember, was when the White House itself was closed to schoolchildren who had saved up all year for their trips to D.C. only to find out the administration could no longer afford to give tours. But Congress somehow managed to fully fund tours of the U.S. Capitol.

You might also recall that during Presidents Day weekend last year America's celebrity in chief had taxpayers pick up the tab for his trip to play golf with Tiger Woods at the exclusive Floridian golf resort in Palm City, Fla., with personal instruction from Tiger's coach, Butch Harmon.

Meanwhile, Michelle was skiing in Aspen, Colo. The president's golf trip alone would have funded the White House tours for a year.

Also remember last year when the White House threatened to cut benefits to disabled veterans because of sequestration, plus the furloughing of thousands of caretakers and medical staff for wounded warriors at Walter Reed.

But now, on a warm desert course in California, all that's but a memory. The president and his press secretary, Jay Carney, will be playing golf in Rancho Mirage during Presidents Day weekend.

"The king is going out to California," Carney announced. He might have been referring to King Abdullah II of Jordan, who is scheduled to meet Obama in Rancho Mirage, but we're not sure.

Never mind the House of Representatives had to pass a debt ceiling extension on Tuesday to avoid hitting the limit in two weeks. Never mind that the national debt has increased $6.6 trillion under Obama. Never mind the national debt is $17,263,025,875,604.41.

Never mind that median household income is 4.4%, or $2,500, less since Obama's "recovery" began. Never mind that the average health insurance premium has risen $2,500 since ObamaCare became law.

Never mind that the share of underemployed has climbed to 17.7%. Never mind that the payroll-to-population rate dropped to 42% from 63.5% in January 2010. Never mind that 46.5 million Americans are living in poverty. Never mind that this is the worst recovery in U.S. history.

Never mind most American families can't afford to jet off to separate vacations over Presidents Day weekend. Let's just hope these trips are cheaper than the $100 million sojourn the Obamas took to Africa during sequestration last year, or the quarter-million-dollar "date night" Barack and Michelle enjoyed in New York in 2009.

But as president, Obama reminded us recently, you "can do whatever you want." It's good to be king.

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